We have finally reached the end of the semester (and my certificate – I think!) which means my learning project is also now complete. Sew. . . lets recap my progress over the last few months. Weekly Recaps Week One – #Learning Project In th…
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Coding Creations
Coding is the language of computers, apps, blogs, and all electronics. It is also a fantastic critical thinking skill that can engage students in the classroom. From the Teach your Kids Code Website they highlight 8 reasons why coding is important for …
Continue readingReal Strategies for Fake News
This week we continued our learning around Ribble’s 9 elements of Digital Citizenship, in particular Digital Literacy. Fake news has been around for a long time, but with the expansion of social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc) the quantit…
Continue readingSocial Media Sleuthing
This week we were tasked with investigating (creeping) a partner from EDTC300 to determine what their digital footprint says about them. My partner was Allysia and this is what I found . . . First of all, she gives off a lot of information right on her…
Continue readingParticipatory Culture and The World of Education
Prior to last class and before watching the An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube video, when I thought about participatory culture my mind instantly went to newer forms of media such as TikTok or memes on Instagram. I didn’t think of YouTube at all but I was never big into the YouTube world and I guess […]
Continue readingBuilding Community Through Participatory Culture
I am a bit older than the rest of my classmates – think side part/skinny jeans old – therefore, I have some first hand knowledge of how the Internet and its usage evolved. When I went to high school, text messaging cost $0.15 a text and cel…
Continue readingTeaching Q and A Podcast
A few weeks ago, Allysia and I sent out a Google Form soliciting questions from our EDTC 300 and EDTC 400 colleagues. We are both already in the teaching profession, compared to our classmates who are just emerging into the profession, so we wanted to …
Continue readingScrunchie Sunday
This sewing Sunday is dedicated to hand sewing a scrunchie. Scrunchies were in style when I was in elementary school and now they are making a full comeback. You know you are old when you start to see fashions come back in style. Last week I practiced …
Continue readingKeeping it Reel
This week was all about trying new things. From learning to use a (very simple) pattern, sewing more than just straight seems, to using a brand new program to put together a video, I had a lot of learning to do!
Jumping Right In
This week I att…
Continue readingAnd Sew It Continues . . .
The next project I am going to create is a scrunchie because I got the fantastic suggestion from both Alex and Allysia on my previous felt owl post. When I went looking for an easy hand sewing scrunchie tutorial I found Sew Crafty Me. The blog had lots…
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